Re: [uug] Pen Testing Literature

2011-12-09 Thread Daniel
I'd suggest a copy of backtrack http://www.backtrack-linux.org/ -Daniel On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Todd Millecam wrote: > Get some fundamental material about TCP/IP, ports and sockets, and > iptables too. . . > I don't know how you can cover penetration testing without > understanding encry

Re: [uug] Pen Testing Literature

2011-12-08 Thread Todd Millecam
Get some fundamental material about TCP/IP, ports and sockets, and iptables too. . . I don't know how you can cover penetration testing without understanding encryption. I'd give him a linux box and have him learn how to use openssh and openssl fluently. Really, if he's interested in it, no text b

[uug] Pen Testing Literature

2011-12-08 Thread Stephen M. McQuay
My brother has been showing interest in pen testing, and I was thinking of getting him a text book on the subject for Christmas. I've done some cursory searching on amazon.com, and found a few books that seem good (Hacking: the Art of Exploitation, Metasploit: the penetration tester's guide, Nmap